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Chak Shah Muhammad | |
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  Chak Shah Muhammad Location within Pakistan | |
| Coordinates: 33°59′27″N 72°57′38″E / 33.9908°N 72.9605°E | |
| Country |  Pakistan |
| Province | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa |
| Elevation | 562 m (1,844 ft) |
| Time zone | UTC+5 (PST) |
Chak Shah Muhammad is a feudal village in Haripur District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. A small farming village of low brick houses, poultry farms and wheat fields, Osama bin Laden allegedly lived in the village for two and a half years prior to moving to a compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan on 6 January 2006, after he fled from Tora Bora caves to avoid capture by U.S. forces in December 2001. Bin Laden arrived in Pakistan in January 2002, 4 months after 9/11.[1][2][3] It has a population of 1,500.[1]
References
[edit]- 1 2 Gall, Carlotta (7 May 2011). "Secret Held if Bin Laden Lived Here, Village Says". The New York Times. Retrieved 12 May 2011.
- ↑ Khan, Ismail (7 May 2011). "Osama lived in Haripur before moving to Abbottabad". Dawn. Retrieved 12 May 2011.
- ↑ "Was Remote Pakistani Village A Bin Laden Hideout?". Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. 9 May 2011. Retrieved 12 May 2011.
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